This year, Badminton Europe´s (BEC) Women in Badminton Commission granted 21 ladies with its Women in Badminton Scholarship to participate in four categories.

The scholarship programme enabled an increase in female participation in the different activities in 2017 and it will continue in 2018.

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Looking ahead

Klavs Andreassen, BEC Director and Chair of Women in Badminton Commission on the scholarship programme;

- It is a big success and I like, and the rest of the Commission to have an increasing number of applications from our Member Associations for the years to come.

Tamara Geerearts (BEL), scholarship recipient for the 2017 BEC Congress in Prague, Croatia says;

- The scholarship gave me the opportunity to be here (Prague) and I would love to come back next year (2018 BEC Congress).

- I would suggest that all women who already has something to do with badminton to get involved, more than just play badminton because it is pointed out that there is a need in Europe for women to participate in badminton in all levels.

The application process will kick start on Monday, 22 January 2018.

To read about the 2017 scholarship recipients, click here.

To know more about the 2018 application, click here.